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Do You Know?

Saturday, October 04, 2014

“Do
you know how much I love you? Every time I look at you, tears keep coming. I
just can’t look straight at you, I have to hold it and look away from you. Do
you know how long I’ve waited for you? I’ve been hiding in the street you used
to walk by. Even just to be able to see you from behind, it means so much for
me. I’ve been waiting for a long time to see you passing by.” –Jo Sung
Mo, Do You Know [translated lyrics]

If it’s a month of
broken heart then you can’t miss this one song.
“Do You Know” is a sad melancholic ballad
song about unrequited love. Written
and composed by the famous songwriter and music producer, Lee Kyung Sup, “Do You Know” tells about someone who hides their unconditional love
from their beloved ones, and the
sadness that’s caused by it; about
someone who keeps their sincere love from their beloved ones, and the pain that’s caused by it. “Do
you know how much I love you? Every time I look at you, tears keep coming. I
just can’t look straight at you, I have to hold it and look away from you. Do
you know how long I’ve waited for you? I’ve been hiding in the street you used
to walk by. Even just to be able to see you from behind, it means so much for
me. I’ve been waiting for a long time to see you passing by.” Because they can’t say it out loud, they can only wonder whether that person
knows about all that they feel inside; about
all the hardships that they’ve been through alone; about the pain that they’ve got to endure all these times; about the love that makes them living as
well as dying at the same time. “Do you know how hard it has been for me? I
got so many things to say to you. If you can’t hear anymore, perhaps that’s
when I finally can tell you everything. You don’t know how hurt my heart is.
It’s alright if you don’t even know until the end, because you’ve made live
through the power of this longing. Without you, I won’t be here too.”

This song is about a
love that is as sincere as it can’t be easily confessed through words;
about a feeling that is as unconditional
as it won’t be enough to be expressed with any words in this world. It’s about a true love that it’s still
alright even if it remains to be unrequited and unknown. “If you ask me why
I never tell you about all of that story, my heart will break and I won’t be
able to say anything. You don’t have to know anything about, just like right
now will do. Remember me as I am, and remember us as we are.” Indeed, love heals but also kills. Indeed,
true love isn’t demanding. Indeed, true love is all about giving without expecting. Indeed, true love is (tidak berbatas waktu/menembus batas ruang dan waktu).
“Even if I’m about to be reborn again several times, it wouldn’t be like here
in this world where I could meet you. The reason why this world is beautiful is
because of all the traces that you’ve left, perhaps.” Though it’s sad, it can’t be
denied that it’s also the main reason why we live until today. Though it’s painful, it can’t be refused that it’s also the main
source of our strength and power to live until this day. Though loving alone is hard, it’s alright, because it’s love. “Today is a sad day, because for you and I to be
under the same sky as we’re standing together like this, it’s the last day. Do
you know?”

“Do
you know how hard it has been for me? I got so many things to say to you. If
you can’t hear anymore, perhaps that’s when I finally can tell you everything.
You don’t know how hurt my heart is. It’s alright if you don’t even know until
the end, because you’ve made live through the power of this longing. Without
you, I won’t be here too.” –Jo Sung Mo, Do You Know [translated lyrics]

“Asinayo eolmana
saranghaetneunji geudaelbomyeon jakku nunmuri naseo

(Do
you know how much I love you? Every time I look at you, tears keep coming)

Chama geudae baraboji
mothago oemyeonhaeya haetdeon nayeotseumeul

(I
just can’t look straight at you, I have to hold it and look away from you)

Asinayo eolmana
gidaryeotneunji geudae oganeun geu gilmoke sumeo

(Do
you know how long I’ve waited for you? I’ve been hiding in the street you used
to walk by)

Jeomanchi ganeun dwitmoseubirado
maeumkkeot boryeogo

(Even
just to be able to see you from behind, it means so much for me)

Hanchameul seoseongin
nayeotseumeul

(I’ve
been waiting for a long time to see you passing by)

Wae geureon yaegi
mothaetnyago mureusindamyeon

(If
you ask me why I never tell you about all of that story)

Gaseumi apa amu daedabdo
mothajanayo

(My
heart will break and I won’t be able to say anything)

Geujeo amugeotdo
geudaen moreunchae

(You
don’t have to know anything about)

Jigeumcheoreomman gieokhamyeon
dwaeyo

(Just
like right now will do, remember me as I am)

Uril geurigo nal

(And
remember us as we are)

Asinayo eolmana
himgyeowotneunji hago sipeun mali neomu manaseo

(Do
you know how hard it has been for me? I got so many things to say to you)